Tech Company Employees, Family and Friends Charged in $1M Scheme in California

SEC Charges Seven California Residents in Insider Trading Ring Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced insider trading charges against three software engineers employed at Twilio, Inc., a San Francisco-based cloud computing communications company, and four family members and friends for allegedly generating more than $1 million in collective profits by insider trading ahead of the company’s...

UBS to Pay $25 Million to Settle Fraud Charges

Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that UBS Financial Services Inc. has agreed to pay approximately $25 million to settle fraud charges relating to a complex investment strategy referred to as YES, or Yield Enhancement Strategy. According to the SEC’s order, UBS marketed and sold YES to approximately 600 investors through its platform of domestic financial...

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Reg A Investors delivers the best start ups in Reg A+ and Reg CF Invest along side accredited investors in Early Stage Companies with Reg A+ and Reg Cf with Equity Investor Reg A Investor delivers exclusive investment opportunities in early stage companies. Invest in emerging growth companies to maximize your returns using Reg A+ and Reg Cf. Reg A+ Investing Markets...

DOJ charges six individuals with cryptocurrency fraud over $100M in intended losses

The Department of Justice, together with federal law enforcement partners, has announced criminal charges against six defendants in four separate cases for their alleged involvement in cryptocurrency-related fraud, including the largest known Non-Fungible Token (NFT) scheme charged to date, a fraudulent investment fund that purportedly traded on cryptocurrency exchanges, a global Ponzi scheme involving the sale of unregistered crypto...

CA resident charged with multimillion dollar ponzi scheme

Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Richmond, California resident Tilila Walker Sumchai with raising approximately $11.8 million from more than 1,000 investors through a fraudulent securities offering targeting members of the Tongan American community across the United States. According to the SEC’s complaint, from approximately January 2021 through October 2021, Sumchai convinced retail investors to acquire...

Aitana Vargas’s exposé on Hadari Oshri nominated for journalism award

Oshri tried to stop the release of Vargas's series exposing her alleged participation in a $370M PPE scheme In June 2021, Investor News reporter Aitana Vargas was served with court papers to stop the release of her months-long investigative series exposing entrepreneur Hadari Oshri's participation in an alleged multimillion-dollar PPE scam with conman Marc Lubaszka. In September 2021, Oshri's meritless legal...

How the US is falling behind Israel in helping startups and why Reg A+ is the answer in 2020

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How the US is falling behind Israel in helping startups and why Reg A+ is the answer in 2020 Israel has become the center for Tech startups and the future for the European cannabis markets. Israel the Startup Paradise Israel has gained recognition throughout the world as being leaders and helping companies grow by government-initiated subsidies and grants. Israeli startups today are fortunate...

SEC Obtains Emergency Relief to Halt Pre-IPO Stock Fraud Scheme by Unregistered Broker-Dealer

Defendants, including persons barred from the brokerage industry, allegedly sold shares they didn’t own, and pocketed more than $75 million Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission announced this week that it obtained asset freezes and other emergency relief against StraightPath Venture Partners LLC, StraightPath Management LLC, Brian K. Martinsen, Michael A. Castillero, Francine A. Lanaia, and Eric D....

How The JOBS Act 3.0 should boost Marijuana Investment

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How The JOBS Act 3.0 should boost Marijuana Investment The tsunami has all but ended in a defeat for many investors and companies. There is finally good news. The JOBS Act 3.0 The jobs act 1.0 and 2.0 delivered a disruption to investing and helped propel small businesses into multimillion dollar companies.  The great rush of Reg. A and Reg. D...

Former Pfizer Statistician Charged with Insider Trading

Employee and friend traded ahead of Pfizer’s “game-changer” announcement on the success of its Paxlovid trial Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced insider trading charges against Amit Dagar, a former Pfizer Inc. employee, and his close friend and business partner, Atul Bhiwapurkar, for trading in advance of the company’s November 5, 2021, announcement that a randomized,...